A Pretty Pair of Silver Inlaid Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Joyner. With brass turn-off cannon barrels (frozen) stamped at the breech with Tower private proofs, border engraved brass box-lock actions, signed on foliate scrolls ‘JOYNER’ to the left and ‘LONDON’ to the right, sliding trigger guard safety catches, slab sided walnut butts inlaid with scrolling silver wire and flower heads, steel trigger guards decorated with flower heads on the bows.

JOYNER
John Apprentice to Charles Pickfatt, 1747; free of Gunmakers Co., 1758. Proof piece and mark, 1761. Elected Assistant, 1769; Master, 1773. Gunmaker, Holborn opposite Hatton Gdn., 1763; Bartletts Bldgs., Holborn, 1763-8. Viewer to Hudson Bay Co., 1764-9; gunmaker, 1769-73. Died 1774.

Dimensions
Bore: 80 Bore
Barrel Length: 1.5 Inches (3.17 cm)
Overall Length: 6.25 Inches (15.87 cm)